RESOURCES
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Additional Resources
- US Forest Service Fuel Value Calculator
The Fuel Value Calculator is a tool that can be used to compare typical unit costs of various fuels.
- Wood Fueled Boiler Financial Feasibility Program
Wood Fueled Boiler Financial Feasibility Is a spreadsheet program designed for easy use on a personal computer. This program provides a starting point for interested parties to perform financial feasibility analysis of a steam boiler system for space heating or process heat.
- Biomass Energy Resource Center
The Center is an independent, national nonprofit organization located in Montpelier, Vermont with a Midwest office in Madison, Wisconsin that assists communities, colleges and universities, state and local governments, businesses, utilities, schools, and others in making the most of their local energy resources.
- Fuels for Schools and Beyond (Western U.S.)
The program is a partnership between the USDA Forest Service’s State & Private Forestry Division, the State Foresters of Montana, North Dakota, Idaho, Nevada, Utah and Wyoming, and the Bitter Root Resource Conservation and Development (RC&D) Area, Inc., to promote and facilitate the use of forest biomass waste for heating, cooling and power in public and private buildings.
- Renewable and Alternative Energy - Penn State Extension
Penn State Extension has made renewable and alternative energy programming a priority. Extension educators and faculty are working on many fronts to evaluate energy alternatives, develop strategies for using energy more efficiently and to educate youth, citizens, farmers and policy makers about the complex issues related to alternative energy development and improving energy efficiency.
